Robert Fry

Economist, Keynote Speaker, Writer, former DuPont Senior Economist, NABE Fellow, Harvard PhD, Tenor, Trumpet player (Sing high, play higher.)

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@MattHasTweets_ @cmsmithii @AlabamaFTBL And lost to Florida State, who was 2-6 in the ACC.

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@espn @ESPNCFB Alabama and BYU have done the CFP selection committee a big favor today. Instead of having to choose between Notre Dame and Miami, the committee can select both of them and leave Alabama and BYU at home.

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Investigation of Ascensus-Vanguard Solo 401(k) Account Transfer – Possible Class Action https://t.co/yjbvChcrSa

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Your house is NOT an asset.

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@CNBC You mean you actually take seriously the PPIs for services, especially trade services? 🤣🤣🤣
BLS should go back to a goods-only PPI and use the resources (people and $) freed up to fix the CPI and nonfarm payroll data.

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@WSJ If you think he's still a dark horse, you haven't been paying attention.

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I think economists (and markets) need to abandon the belief that payroll employment (establishment survey) is a better indicator than civilian employment (household survey).

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If you're not in favor of a carbon tax, please don't pretend that you care about climate change.

End of a Green Delusion by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. https://t.co/evVtNX40H8 via @WSJopinion

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@elerianm @ScottWapnerCNBC @CNBC @CNBCClosingBell Kevin Warsh is not an economist. He has a law degree, not a graduate degree in economics.

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A lot of people think the US will eventually have to inflate its way out of its debt problem. But you can't inflate your way out unless you eliminate:
1. Indexation of Social Security benefits
2. Indexation of tax brackets
3. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities

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@Vanguard_Group I've been with Vanguard for >35 years & have recommended it to friends and family. But no more. Their dashboard is a joke: the Yodlee aggregator won't link to the company Vanguard chose to manage some of my assets, and my asset allocation is frequently miscalculated. Really sad.

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@DrTKSwift As you know, I think adding services to the PPI was a mistake, and I still follow the old-fashioned PPI for finished goods. It was up 0.36%, 0.31% excluding food and energy. Inflation is not as quiescent as the headline numbers suggest.

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@elonmusk Good to see you've reclaimed your testicles. Maybe that will encourage Republicans in Congress to reclaim theirs. I just hope it isn't too late, for you and Tesla and for us.

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@JustinWolfers Didn't you mean to post this on April 1?

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@byHeatherLong Tim Cook, aka Tim Apple, has Donald Trump wrapped around his little finger.

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@DianeSwonk I still follow the old-fashioned PPI for finished goods ex food and energy. It's my favorite measure of underlying inflation. It was up 0.319% in February; that was the biggest increase in a year. The markets apparently aren't being fooled by the PPI for trade services.

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@j_blaze2k @IMUR_Huckleberi @AJDelgado13 Middletown, Ohio is not in Appalachia. Vance's grandparents may have been "hillbillies'" but he wasn't.

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@GeneSteratore I couldn't believe that this no-call wasn't discussed at halftime of the Rose Bowl. Suggests that @espn got the result they wanted.

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@troleary26 @CFAPeachBowl @ASUFootball @TheSunDevils @TexasFootball @TexasLonghorns @SEC @Big12Conference Ref didn't have the balls to make the call.

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Quoted by @steveliesman on CNBC this morning.

The Fed is likely to cut rates, but some worry it may not be the right move, CNBC survey found https://t.co/gYYIbJestw